Quoted Text What about you DDP? You didn't make with any answers. I feel jipped.

Haha, sorry about that. Here are mine:

1. How old are you? 23
2. How long have you been writing? or what age did you start? I've only seriously begun to write this year. Before that, what I mostly wrote was for school and college.
3. In your experience, is good writing a natural talent or something that people learn to do? I used to think that it was talent but now I think it has to be a combination of both. Plus, you need to have passion, that helps a lot.
4. What is your current profession? You know, the one that pays the bills... I tutor students in my local university
5. Have you had any scripts produced? If so, how many? None, yet.
6. Are you only interested in writing or also producing, directing, or something else related to this craft? I'd be interested in all of the above.
7. What writer(s) inspires you to write? Mostly Stephen King. I love his writing style.
8. What music inspires you to write? A variety of music, depending on what I am writing.
9. What is your all time favorite tv show? Just one. The X-Files
10. What is your all time favorite movie? Just one.  Brokeback Mountain


PS: I'm NOT a guy. Some members have assumed this. I'm a female.  

Good call DDP, nice to see you answer your own questions.

I must say, that was quite original for a new member, to get a lot of other members to reveal stuff about themselves, I'm impressed...

Glad to have you onboard... Welcome..


Kevan

Quoted from Kevan Good call DDP, nice to see you answer your own questions.

Yeah, sorry for not doing it at the very beginning.

Quoted Text I must say, that was quite original for a new member, to get a lot of other members to reveal stuff about themselves, I'm impressed...

Really? Well, *your* post in this thread impressed me tremendously. You seem to be very experienced in this field and I will probably be emailing you for tips and advice later on. Haha. Hope you don't mind!  

Quoted Text Glad to have you onboard... Welcome..

Thank you very much.

Quoted from DDP Really? Well, *your* post in this thread impressed me tremendously. You seem to be very experienced in this field and I will probably be emailing you for tips and advice later on. Haha. Hope you don't mind!

I'll help anybody with whatever I can. If you need some help or advice regarding screenwriting, sure, no problem.. I'll PM you my email address.

Quoted from DDP Thank you very much.

You're welcome  


Kevan

1. How old are you?

18

2. How long have you been writing? or what age did you start?

Almost five years. I was 13 and I was shit.

3. In your experience, is good writing a natural talent or something that people learn to do?

A little bit of both.

4. What is your current profession? You know, the one that pays the bills...

Government pays my way. Saps.

5. Have you had any scripts produced? If so, how many?

Zero.

6. Are you only interested in writing or also producing, directing, or something else related to this craft?

Directing would be so freaking awesome, probably better than writing. Producing would also be an exciting experience and acting I wouldn't mind diping my beak into. I also have interest in editing.

7. What writer(s) inspires you to write?

Does myself count?

8. What music inspires you to write?

I leave listening of music to other people. I don't go in for these backdoor shenanigans.

9. What is your all time favorite tv show? Just one.

The Sopranos. AWWWWWWW YEAAH!!!

10. What is your all time favorite movie? Just one.

The Silence of the Lambs. AWWWWWWW YEAAH!!!


Cheers, Chismeister.

Come on, are we really resorting to dick jokes? First that stupid ass dream thread and now dick jokes at 3 in the morning?

Sometimes I wish they would call me into work and by the time I get home one of the other mods delete these posts and I don't have to see them.

1. How old are you?

33

2. How long have you been writing? or what age did you start?

Pretty much since I learned to write. I didn't start writing screenplays until about 5-6 years ago.

3. In your experience, is good writing a natural talent or something that people learn to do?

You can't really learn to be creative, but being creative doens't make you a good writer. You can always learn the aspects of writing.

4. What is your current profession? You know, the one that pays the bills...

Aviation underwriter

5. Have you had any scripts produced? If so, how many?

None, then again I haven't really tried to get one produced.

6. Are you only interested in writing or also producing, directing, or something else related to this craft?

Just the writing, ma'am, just the writing.

7. What writer(s) inspires you to write?

There's a few that have and continue to inspire me, like...

Aaron Sorkin
Jess Walther
Stephen King
The Coen Bros.
Frank Herbert

...to name a few.

8. What music inspires you to write?

Smile Empty Soul among others.

9. What is your all time favorite tv show? Just one.

West Wing.

10. What is your all time favorite movie? Just one.

The Big Lebowski.

1. How old are you?  

I'm 21 years old, turning 22 in may.


2. How long have you been writing? or what age did you start?

I've been writing since I first read Dave Barry turns forty when I was 10. I've been writing screenplays for about 2 years.


3. In your experience, is good writing a natural talent or something that people learn to do?

A bit of both. There are rules that have to be learned, but part of writing is definitely intuitive.


4. What is your current profession? You know, the one that pays the bills...

I'm a student in college, and I do work study at the computing center.


5. Have you had any scripts produced? If so, how many?

Yes. 1 short was produced through my school's film club. It's called "A Platonic Conversation About Chairs," and there is a link to the script in my signiture.


6. Are you only interested in writing or also producing, directing, or something else related to this craft?

I want to do it all. I just want to become famous. I produce (whatever the hell that means), edit, direct, and act. But I think my biggest talent is for writing.


7. What writer(s) inspires you to write?

Charlie Kaufman (he went to my high school), Wes Anderson, and Kurt Vonnegut, among others.


8. What music inspires you to write?

Sappy love music and 80's rock.


9. What is your all time favorite tv show? Just one.

Sports Center


10. What is your all time favorite movie? Just one.

Royal Tennenbaums

1. How old are you?  29, yeah i'm pushing 30

2. How long have you been writing? Or what age did you start?  About 2 years, so not long really.

3. In your experience, is good writing a natural talent or something people learn to do?  I think you can learn the basics like format but you need inspiration and imagination.

4. What is your current profession? You know, the one that pays the bills... The Royal Mail, so that would be a Postman.

5. Have you had any scripte produced? If so, how many?  None, but people have shown an interest in 'The Big Stiff' and seen as though it is only a first draft I was quite surprised.

6. Are you only interesting in writing or also producing, directing, or something else related to this craft?  Well I'd love to direct my own script but thats a big far away dream.  My better half has a degree in Media so I suppose I would have to involve her too lol.

7. What writer(s) inspire you to write?  Tough one...I love the Coen brothers and I'm loving Simon Pegg and edgar Wright but I suppose I could throw another few in there but I like to say I inspire myself.

8. What music inspires yu to write?  I think it depends what I'm writing.  I'm listening to Rammstein while writing my feature because its dark and moody, but I suppose I listen to a wide range really.

9. What's your all time favorate TV show? Just one. Oh um....Only Fools and Horses.  If I could pick 2...Spaced.

10. What's your all time favorate movie? Just one.  Easy this one, City of God.  I just think it's fantastic.  Incredible emotion from a bunch of kids that aren't even actors, they just happened to live in the slums.

1. How old are you?

Bite me.

2. How long have you been writing? or what age did you start?

Teens.  My uncle wrote for T.V.  Mash, Magnum P.I., and some other big ones.  He is easily my coolest relative, but no longer in the business.

3. In your experience, is good writing a natural talent or something that people learn to do?

Anybody can get "good" with practice, but to move beyond that, I think you need natural, inborn talent.  Same with music, I suspect.

4. What is your current profession? You know, the one that pays the bills...

Biochemistry grad student.  That pays, actually -- but a lot more once I get outta' here.

5. Have you had any scripts produced? If so, how many?

Nope.

6. Are you only interested in writing or also producing, directing, or something else related to this craft?

Just writing.

7. What writer(s) inspires you to write?

Stephen King.  People spot him in my work all the time, and I never deny it.  And Michael Crichton -- a scientist turned scripwriter -- geez, I would sell my soul to be that guy.

8. What music inspires you to write?

Nothing.  I need total silence.  The dead of night is always best.

9. What is your all time favorite tv show? Just one.

"The Nightstalker" at the time -- but when I watch it now, it just looks kinda' dumb haha.

10. What is your all time favorite movie? Just one.

Blade Runner.

1. How old are you?  

25

2. How long have you been writing? Or what age did you start?  

Hardly wrote a thing until I was around 19 and took a few screenwriting classes at uni. I've always been an avid reader though.

3. In your experience, is good writing a natural talent or something people learn to do?  

Both.

4. What is your current profession? You know, the one that pays the bills...

Writer/Game Designer

5. Have you had any scripts produced? If so, how many?  

4 shorts so far, 1 short as script supervisor. One video game to be released later this year and hopefully another video game credit by 2008/9

6. Are you only interesting in writing or also producing, directing, or something else related to this craft?  

I've done some video editing at work and I love it. If I fail as a writer, I'll probably try my hand at editing. I'm also really into game design. It's a great medium for creativity Maybe sometime in the future I'd like to produce something, but I doubt I'd ever want to direct.

7. What writer(s) inspire you to write?  

Too many to list. The first book that really inspired me to write was Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, but I wouldn't say I'm necessarily influenced by that style of writing. I draw influences from everywhere.

8. What music inspires you to write?  

I listen to all kinds of music when I'm not writing, but I tend to write in silence. I let my imagination compose the soundtrack to my movie as I write it.

9. What's your all time favorite TV show? Just one.

Blackadder

10. What's your all time favorite movie? Just one.  


ahhh... different answer every day of the week. Today... The Shining

1. How old are you?

I'll take the 5th.

2. How long have you been writing? Or what age did you start?  

7 years, but I'm a slow writer, so I haven't written a hell of a lot in that time.

3. In your experience, is good writing a natural talent or something people learn to do?  

You need an active imagination and a strong work ethic.  

4. What is your current profession? You know, the one that pays the bills...

I work in a needle exchange, providing clean injecting equipment and education to injecting drug users.

5. Have you had any scripts produced? If so, how many?  

None.

6. Are you only interested in writing or also producing, directing, or something else related to this craft?  

I'm just interested in writing because that's all my budget will allow. I made two films at film school in 2000. My claim to fame is that the star of my major short film landed a regular role in a TV cop show. He is also in the film Ghost Rider.

7. What writer(s) inspire you to write?  

Arron Sorkin, Alan Ball.

8. What music inspires you to write?  

Nothing a write in silence, but I'm really digging post rock stuff at the moment

9. What's your all time favorite TV show? Just one.

Six Feet Under.

10. What's your all time favorite movie? Just one.  

Fight Club. I named my first son Tyler  because of it.  

Well, what the heck....

1. How old are you?

15

2. How long have you been writing? or what age did you start?

Started off at 10 or eleven with poems and other things.

3. In your experience, is good writing a natural talent or something that people learn to do?

I think it's a natural talent when it comes to poems, lyrics, etc, but not so much with essays and reports. You just have to have a good vocabulary for that. Also, like someone else already said, you have to have some experience at life itself in order to be a good writer.

4. What is your current profession? You know, the one that pays the bills...

None. I don't have a job yet.

5. Have you had any scripts produced? If so, how many?

Nope.

6. Are you only interested in writing or also producing, directing, or something else related to this craft?

If music counts, then I'm planning on learning. I hope it's not too late 'cause I've always been fascinated with all music, from Death Metal to film score. I'm also interested in editing, to a lesser extent.

7. What writer(s) inspires you to write?

Edgar Allan Poe and Pablo Neruda mainly, although there are too many to list.

8. What music inspires you to write?

None, really. My own feelings and experiences inspire me to write. Music just relaxes me for it, whether it is heavy or soft.

9. What is your all time favorite tv show? Just one.

Oh, damn. I dunno!! :S  

10. What is your all time favorite movie? Just one.

These questions are cruel! It's impossible to pick only one movie

1. I'm as old as the the laser beam

2. I write since I'm 18 (well, almost thirty years ago…)

3.I think both. But you have to improve day after day, script after script. My motto is "Go to bed more clever than when you woke up"

4. I work for the French administration. I have to pay my bills, my cigarettes and my little boy's toys…

5. One of my first scripts runs the Cannes Festival back in 1988. Since I joined SS in last June, I have 6 shorts in preproduction, but nothing done yet.

6. I'd love to direct but don't have technical knowledges yet. Anyway, when I write, I "see" the whole movie in my head, shot after shot.

7.Joseph Mankiewicz, Lawrence Kasdan, Wim Wenders, François Truffaut

8. Jazz, Country Music, Classical (Satie, Debussy or Ravel)

9. Must be "Mad About You"

10. Just one? "Citizen Kane" (everything you have to learn is in it)


Michel

Been away a few days, like this thread... it's very "Getting to Know You-ish"...

1. How old are you? 19

2. How long have you been writing? or what age did you start? 15

3. In your experience, is good writing a natural talent or something that people learn to do? A bit of both I guess. I'd like to think it's a natural talent and that I've finally found mine, but I guess people learn and improve every time they write.

4. What is your current profession? You know, the one that pays the bills... Ski shop assistant.

5. Have you had any scripts produced? If so, how many? 0... but a couple of college students have took interest... not sure if that means produced...

6. Are you only interested in writing or also producing, directing, or something else related to this craft? Directing, acting and editing

7. What writer(s) inspires you to write? Quentin T, Wes Anderson, Zach Braff, Kaufman, Rodriguez, Sofia Coppola... and a few others.

8. What music inspires you to write? David Bowie, Midlake, The Shins, Muse... mostly easy listening stuff

9. What is your all time favorite tv show? Just one. At the min? Scrubs.

10. What is your all time favorite movie? Just one. Even though I love Garden State, it has to be The Matrix. Can't stop watching it.